Machine for making match inner boxes



June 24, 1930. G. E. MELLGREN ET AL 1,765,767

MACHINE FOR MAKING MATCH INNER BOXES Filed July 21. 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 June 24, 1930. s. E. MELLGREN El AL 1,765,767

menus FOR MAKING MATCH INNER aoxms Filed July 21. 1928 2 sheets-sheet 2 Inven/ors:

i u az i,1930 Y '1 ,765,767

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v eman tes Maxi-nor ATcii'mnEiz-Box s Application as J'ul ydgl, 192$, Se1fia1 no. 2941380,' in as; Aug ust 1, 1927.

The present, invention relates to an ,imsuch removal the boxes retain ajpredeten provem'ent infsuch m'achines for, making mined position. ,By-this means th e above match inner boxes in which the boxes :made mentioned time-wasting work" of arranging partially ready on a rotary winding mandrel the inner boxes in order is done away with. i are pushed over on to a second mandrel on In the accompanying drawings a few 'em- 5 it which the joining ofthe bottoms to the boxes bodiments of. the invention are illustrated by is efi'ected; and from which the finished boxes way. of example. I Fig.1 shows diagramare afterwards pushed ofi. Machines of this -matically an inner box making machine actype as hitherto used almost exclusively, are cording 'to1the invention, viewed from the provided with an intermittently rotating side, and Fig; 2 is a sectionjthrou'gh the'sam'e 5 winding mandrel around which the side veon'theline IIII in-Figxl. Fig; 3 isa side neer strip and thepaperywhich "is to join view-ofcamachine with a'slightly' modified the sides ofthe box to thebottom, are wound construction of the-removing member, 7 "and; up, and-with a non-rotary; but in a direction Figs. 4 and show, from-two difi'ere'nt sides; 7 i

15/ towards andaway from thewinding mandrel aiinachinefhaving further modified con-" 0' movablegjsecond mandrel; theso-called told I structiono'f the removing'memb'erfl :7,

inglmandrel, to the face}jofWhich directed ReferringJtO the embodiment. illustrated "towards the winding l mandrel the bottom in Figs; 1'tand'2, liden ot'es the intermittently veneer strip is applied,'and,on towhichtlie: 'rotating winding mandrelon'which theside v, side Veneer strip and the paper" wound up,- veneer strip -andth'e 'pape'reare' wound up,, 5 i onfthe first named mandrel are pushed over, and 12 denotes' the folding mandrel mounted v after which the boxis finished by {the paper o posite the. first-named mandrel,' which is being folded against"andsecur'edto the -bot-' non rotary but is movable'in a;direction"to; l tomjstrip. The finished boxes are then-pushed wardsfand away fromthemandre'lcly 2 off fromthe folding mandrel'by saidmanto -the 'frontiace of-which directedtowards 'm drel'beingmoved in the rearwarddirection'-- the mandrel 1; the bottom'veneerstripis t0 7 I V away" from jthefwinding mandrel after f-beiappliedx 1 V 'whichthe boxes are thrown pell-mell out from i s When a box blank has beenzwound uponz' i V the machine by,'mea11s of a discharge -and the mandrel I, it :is pushedxbyimeans of any; c-

e 3 are then whilestillin disorder; conveyed tojsuita'ble: device; not illustrated in the draw-#151 u j a dryingfapparatus;This entails the disad- "ing,on to the. mandrel 2; onzwhich the box is vantage that'aft'erwards the inner boxes must 'finishedby th'e paper-being folded against and I c be 'put in orderbefore they can'bepushed into securedto the bottom strip. The,- finished .7 f the outer boxes; orb'oxcases5' whi'ch aremade box 3,- which isindicated inFigalbyl dotted 13 5' inanothermaohinel i *fyaiitldashedf lines,- is afterwards .pushed offl 305 v 7 The present invention has-'iorits purpose' ffrom the-mandrel: 2iby-said n1anclrel;:beingy 'f to eliminate this 'disadvantage, and it; con}; ioved in the rearward directiomithatwis" to I sistsaprincipally inlth'at the "machine is pro-" thezright inFi gt-l.V Such movement'ofthe 'fvided with a special remQVing' member Or "mandrel.Q'is'prOduced bYa springgwhich s severalsuch members+whichis constructed maintains. a rollerionthe'm'andrel rodE6, s5?

and arrangedrelatively to-lthe second or-fold-I which is;slidably-mounted;in"thejinachine ing 'mandrel in such mannerfithat; after thei frainefbearing iagainst a:cam}dislr'.8 ofsuit 1 finished boxes'have been strippedor pushed able shape mountedon.,the ;main -shaft Tot Y ofii from said mandrel, saidmember conveys thezmachinen I the boxes away in such rnanner thatdurin'g z.In'this embodiluent"the "ab ove mentioned 9b? d iji c i a s I,

that: the earrn59i'and1theatongue:lS'imay'retnrni V th mes removing member consists of an arm9 which is'rotatable on a stationary pin 10 and is connected with atoothed pinion 11 which meshes "With a'toothed segment 12 on a' lever 14 piv- 5 .oted on the pin Said lever supports at V its-lower end a roller '15 which bears against 7 afsecond cam disk 16 on themain shaft The arm 9 is provided with 'a shoulder 17 sothat itsouter end outside said shoulder forms a thin tongue 18 which, upon the abovenientio nedimovement of the mandrel 2; to the right in Figil, moves into aagroove19 in.

the upper face of the mandrel 2Q WVhen the,

mandrel 2'cfarrying the finished box 3 moves pushed. ofi fromthe mandrel owing' 'tothe "upper, side" of the boxc striking; against the;

I as; the mandlzel: 2: continues its movement. to:

the right; until: the" box. is m ade 2 completely free; tromlthe'mandrel; and is only supported bythe-tongueklih; v,

mensioned that it canyrecei vethe boxejs; 3; Tehe chutefil is pivoted on a stationary pin bears againstl'a thirdacamdiska:onsthmaina been completely pushed; offtjfrom' thee-mandrelf2c and'sonlyshangsjonithe tongue 18; the 7 arms; with its tongueianditheibox hangingr 40?:

thereon isztiirned byt' the influence. oft'hekcam disk 16 in therclockwisedirection in. Fig. 1",; wherelryi the xboxsfi is: moved; into" the-feed:

chute: the lowe'r sideo t.whichiis provided; 7 I 5 with a: slot%'26i for the arm? 9.; @bvibuslyglthe box; will; thus:- occupy 1a: position? with' its bots" tomidirectedupwards inithe;chute'2l; W-hen';

rboxrin' the'chute" 21,.the.;arm: is retur11eda by V theinfiuence ofits weight, .onofa springfnotz shown: inz thei'divawing; to the positiontsliowne:

l i piniEighL lirisorderthatiduringsthis move+ linen? the: tQrigueglS sh'allz notiistrike; against. the opposite sideof the box; 3, the" chute=21 is; turned; on: the: pint 22 :by tli'ezinfluence ofi thea withouti takinggl along thetboxrjusti delivered: J I 'Assoonla's the-arm 9 :has beenireturnedato the; v 7 position showntin Fig; 1: for neceivingr sainew box;,the cliute 21s isalso eswung down torthe.

f "position; shown; sosthatfit;isi ready 'to'. receive 3 I arei caused; to; move either;by, theiii own ,tion: the boxes are delivered by the chute 21 l on to a table 27,01' the like, from which'the boxes may afterwards be. easily removed r Immediately]above'asaidtongue isithe bentdown torwardaend of the feedEchute'QL which? hasiasnectangulan crosssectional shape so;dii-r in. the; machine frame' and is n'ormallyg I maintaineclqinathe approximately. horizontal '7 position shofwn,in Fig: 1* by avertically mov I ;able.;slide'-23-which; supports airiolleiv-24 which i [shaft 7. 3 Asz so'ontasithefinished'boxiShas V v off: from the mandrel.

l'BCtlOll fillClzClGllVGl JS the box in the teed chute 2-1, whichiin this case may-be,rigidly;mounted;

fin this mannerthe' arm 9 has deliizeredlthei p p p p s iln the-machine frame,s1nce here the-tongue cam disk 25 "and? the Ts1idei23wso' far'upw ards 'tion of movementifo'f theinandrel- 2'. 1T0

weight or by means of a'special feeding device, not shown'in the drawing, is so dimensioned that the boxes cannot turn or twist in the same. During the entire movement away from the pistonQ, both when the boXesl ia11gon the tongue 18, and when they passthrough the chute 21, the boxes thus retain aprede-f 1 termined position. In this determined posi-"fl without a coming in disorder; 1 I

, The embodiment illustrated in; l 3 dif i ters from that above described mainly in,that 1 the removlng' member' ls 'arrang'edfin-suclr a c manner that 1t catches underthe lower side f oithe boxes. 3 when carrying the same away i from the mandrelQ'aft'er the boxes have been 7 pushed ofitromsaidmandrel; 13 orthis pur- V 7 pose the removing member is madein the shape of an arm" 28. bent'at; right angles sat twopointsto approximate Z=shape, said: arm jj beingirotatable on :thestat'ionary'pin 10,=as in Big; 1, and beingactuatedgby---tlievcani diski 1.64011 themain-shaft 7, and, the outermost portion: ot'said arm fo'rming the;tongue29'" which isto carry along:theboxes:uponsztidf; 1

arm turning upwards.- In this embodiment Y themandrel 21s slightly longerthanin-Fig; 1-, and-the groove 19 inthe'upper face of the" mandrel showniin Fig: 1 is here'replace'dlby aslot 3O whichv extendsthrough the mandrel; 2. fronrits uppenfsideto its"lowerside and allows the bent arm-28-topass down through the mandrel to the positionzshown in; Fig-3 for receivingtheboxawhen it is being push d Inthis case the arm can theretoife a'ls the arm 28,1, andathe mandrel 2 continues its:

28 is-turned on the pin 10;in the-clockwisediis;shown:iniwhichralsozthezremovingi member" I 1s arranged'ln suchcmanner that it catehesa under the lower sideof the boxes 8, buti; formed of an arm-3L which isrotatable planewhich is perpendicular toythe dir this purpose the arm 31,- whioh is rotatable o the stationary pign'BZis actuated byatoothedi 1 segment'33onvaleverogpivotedgonthestaii f I. tionaryigpin 34andwhichsupports roller] i which is maintainediby a-spting' ethane a gainstga' cam q; disk '38 "onithefiniain; shaft of-the machine; When alfinishedlboxi ha 7 t'akethevplace ot'ithe stationary stripping off member 20 in Fig.1 1, since when the upper:

' 165" and. lower sides O'J'FilllfljbOXrSlllHkG aga nst the,

' box has been stripped off, to allow the same.

been pushed ofl' themandrel 2, thearm 31 is turned by the influence of the cam disk 38 in the counter-clockwise direction in Fig. 4:, the box 3 being carried along and introduced in the feed chute 21 which, obviously, may

also in this case be rigidly mounted'in the machine frame. In this case the boxes will obviously be conveyed through; the chute resting on one of'their long sides.

The embodiments above'des cribed and illustrated in the drawings areonly to bejregarded asexamples and mayo-rcourses-be modified in several Ways as regards their de-, tails. 7 It Will'easily be understood that the removing member may be varied in many waysas regards its shape and'its movement, without departing from the principle of the, invention which consists in that the box,

after bein stripped ofl themandrel on which it is finishechis caught and 'removed while retaining apredetermined position; Thus,

it is not necessary, torinstanc'e, that thebox,

when stripped oli, be caught and removed byv one and the same member, as is the-case in the, embodiments illustrated in jthe drawings,

since'the box may just as well be caughtby a stationary member, for instance, a suitable tablewhich is provided beneath thej folding.

mandrel, afterwards to be removed upwards 'or to either side by anothermovable member. Finally, it is also possible, when the to fall, actuated by its ownw'eight, and'guided in suitable manner, to a positionbelow the mandrel 2, and afterwards, by means ofa movable member-to remove the samewhile retaining a predetermlnedpo'sitlon. The device illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, however, has

the advantage over the other modifications illustrated and ,here referred to, that it-does not carry along such boxes which become boxes, comprisinga rotary winding mandrel on'iwhichthe boxes are partiallyiformed, a

second mandrel onwhichfthe boxes are fin ished, means for transferring the boxes from the first tothe secondmandrel, and meansfor. conveying the finished boxes from said secbroken when transterredffrom the Winding mandrel to the, folding mandrel, and-which. therefore do not tasten on .to'. the folding mandrel, since such defective boxes cannot be caught by the tongue 18, and the removing memberwill therefore in this'case act also as a sorting memben 'which'isajconsiderable advantage in practice.

slate claim: 'l Ajm'achlne formakin'g" match inner 0nd 1mandrel and maintaining. the L boxes in predetermined arrangementduring such con v v I veyance. f

v 2. a machine forrmaking match inner boxes of the character described,*having a.

' rotary winding mandrel on-which the boxes; are made partially ready and from which 7 said boxes are pushed over on to a second .turningupwards.

; face, the combination of a removing member mandrel tomwhich the dining of thezbottoms? to the .boxes is eflfec'tedtand'from whichz'thei finished boxes are pushed -ofl',"the combines" a v i tion of; Va removing member constructed and:

arranged? infsuch mannerrelatively, to. said,

' secondTmandrel that after "thecfinishedaboxes.

have been-pushed olfcfroin said second man; i

- drel 'saidaremoving member conveys theb'oxes awayfrom sa d mandrel in suc'hmanner that duringsuch removal the boxes retain a predetermined position and a feed, chute "in: whichjithe' bbxes arelfiiitrodu'c'ed by the'fl'removing member-in such predetermined; position and throughfwhich the boxes are transp'or tediromthe machine.

'3. In a machine for making match inner boxes of the character described, having a re made partiallyvrea dy and from which said boxes are pushed over onto a second mandrel sli'dable towards and'awayfrom said winding mandrel and on which the joining of the bOt-j ltary winding man'drelon which the boxes are 7 i I toms to'the boxes is efiected and from which the finished boxes are pushed off, said second mandrel having agroove in its upper face} the comblnation of a removing member con- ,stru cted'andarrangedin such manner rela tively to said second mandrel that after the] -finished boxes have been pushed ottfrom said second mandrel said removing member conveys the boxes away from said mandrel in "such manner that during suchremoval Y the .boxes retain a predetermined position, and a feed chute in which the boxes are introduced. by theremoving member in such predetermined position and through which the removing member consisting of a pivoted arm havingatongue adapted upon sliding movement of said second mandrel to enter said groove 'in its upper face wherebythe boxes are caught; on said-tongue, after which they] r are introducedin said feed chute by'saidarm i c i 4. In a machine for making match inner boxes' of the character described, having a rotary winding mandrel on which the boxes are H vmade partially ready and from which said boxes are pushed over on to asecond mandrelslidable towards andawayfrom said winding mandreland on which the" joining of the ,boxes are transported from the machine, said lief.

bottoms to'the boxesis effected and from which the finished boxesrare pushed ofi, said H second: mandrel having a groove in its upper constructed and arrangedin such manner relf atively to said second mandrel that afterjthe y finished boxes have-been pushed ofi from. said second mandrel said removing member conveysthe'boxes awayfrom said mandrel-l12 in sfuchmanner thatduring suchremoval'; the boxes retam a .predetermlnedposition, I

and a feed chute in which the boxes are intro 7 p duced bythe removing member in such predetermined position "and through whichthej' boxe's afexfi'ansported frem the machine ys aid' removing membenconsisting of a pivoted arm having. aeitongue' adapted upon sliding movement of" said-second mandrel to enter said groove in itsnpper face whereby the boxes are 'caught'eon said tongue, vafter which they are introduced in saidfeed chute by said grin n turning upwards said feed chute being piv-:

dtally mounted'in themaehine fram'e in such ioflm nner that it'can be turned asidewhen' said r 7 arm 1's returned for recelvlng a new box;

' GUNNAR EMANUEL. MELLGREN. 

